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Share Your Story: What Issues Will Your Family Debate This Thanksgiving?

What issues do you expect your family to debate this Thanksgiving? And what’s your strategy for confronting difficult topics? Tell us your story and you may be featured on Morning Edition.

Thousands Evacuate Northern California Wildfire

A fire in Northern California is threatening thousands of structures and forcing residents to evacuate.

Friend Of Whitaker On What To Expect From New Acting Attorney General

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has criticized the special counsel investigation. NPR’s Rachel Martin asks a colleague and friend of Whitaker’s, Bob Haus, about these views and their impact.

‘You Want The Best For This Country, I Respect That’: 2 Strangers Find Common Ground

Israel Baryeshua has conservative political views, while Tiffany Briseño identifies as liberal. Both agree that more kindness and compassion in politics would benefit the country.

News Brief: Trump Rule Attempts To Limit Asylum-Seekers, Thousand Oaks Shooting

The Trump administration issued a rule to attempt to restrict migrants’ asylum rights. Also, the latest on the Thousand Oaks shooting and potential election recounts in Florida and Georgia.

New VA Secretary Robert Wilkie On Department’s Recent Instability

Robert Wilkie is the new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with the secretary on his goals and the department’s recent history of controversy.

Update On Thousand Oaks Shooting

A former U.S. Marine killed 12 people at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., packed with college students Wednesday. The gunmen is dead and one of his victims was a sergeant with the sheriff’s office.

Republican Anti-Immigrant Ads Fall Short In Election Results

Republican candidates across the country aired a lot of campaign ads intended to stoke fears about illegal immigration. But the results were mixed, and some of the most outspoken hard-liners lost.

Trump Administration Aims To Deny Asylum To Migrants Who Enter U.S. Illegally

The Trump administration announced new measures Thursday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally. On Friday, the administration will announce which countries are affected.

The Races Still Up In The Air

In Florida, Georgia and Arizona, some races have yet to be called. The rhetoric was especially tense around Florida’s Senate and gubernatorial races.

Thousand Oaks Remembers Shooting Victims

In the wake of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., victims are being remembered. A gunman — now deceased — killed 12 people on Wednesday night at a popular bar on “college night.”

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